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...... The environment and its problems for these communities can however no longer be ignored. Pollution is for example a major health and environmental problem for black communities throughout the United States. Few academic studies however focus on how these communities handle problems such as municipal solid-waste facilities, hazardous-waste landfills, toxic-waste dumps, chemical emissions, and job-related hazards and risks to their physical health and well-being
The fact that these particular problems among the black and poor communities are not studied, is mainly the result of not only currently sociological factors, but also of historical and ideological factors in terms of the environmental movement. This movement is mostly driven by the white middle classes, with both the resources, inclination and education to successfully manage and mitigate environmental problems. This particular profile prevents the program, either consciously or unconsciously, from being applied to poorer communities. Indeed, the problem is often invisible as it applies to these communities, as mentioned above......

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